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The rate of population decline is outpacing the ability of the bees to find a new habitat.

Authorities had silenced Li Wenliang after he spoke out about the virus, now known as 2019-nCoV, in the early days of the epidemic.

Critics of the practice say the guidance is irresponsible and could give users a false sense of security.

The functional, respiring organelles appear to be present in the blood of healthy people, but their function is yet unclear.

In the first clinical study of its kind in the US, researchers used CRISPR to modify CAR T cells to make them more potent against cancer, but the clinical benefits are unknown.

The US Food and Drug Administration authorizes the distribution of the 2019-nCoV diagnostic to state health departments and other facilities.

The movements of water within the ocean basins has been increasing in speed over the last 20 years, a new study shows, conflicting with prior models of climate change.

An interrogation of the whole genomes of more than 2,600 cancers yields clues about the genetic drivers of malignancy, how tumors evolve, and more.

Preserved DNA extracted from the rock-like digestive blobs may offer insights into whale ecology.

Cell lines from individuals with macrocephalic autism spectrum disorder have an increased number of double-strand breaks in the DNA of long neural genes.

Scientists see great value in catchy acronyms, so they get creative when it comes to naming new tools and techniques.

A mouse model of autism and postmortem brains of autistic individuals showed a lack of mature oligodendrocytes and less myelination than controls.